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61. innātūrāl adj.

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(a) Med. Of humors, heat: improperly compounded, unhealthy; also, excessive; of a protrusion: pathological; (b) lacking normal human feelings or attitudes; unrestrained, immoral, inhuman; (c)…

62. inscī̆siǒun n.

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Surg. (a) The act of cutting into a bodily part; (b) a surgical operation; (c) a slash, cut; also, a cut made in surgery; (d) that which is cut off in circumcision, the prepuce.

63. irrī̆tāciọ̄n n.

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Med. Stimulation of a sore or morbid swelling.

64. menstrūe n.

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(a) Med. & surg. The menstrual flow, menstruation; -- also used in pl.; time of menstrue, a menstrual period; (b) alch. one of three subtle substances used in various alchemical processes.

65. mẹ̄ven v.

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(a) To move (sb. or sth.), shift; remove (sth.), dislodge; move (sth.) about, shake, disturb; stir (a liquid); apply (sth.); also fig.; meven hat ne hod, remove hat nor hood, uncover the head; meven

66. ministrāciǒun n.

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(a) The rendering of personal service or aid; an act or function of serving; (b) agency, mediation; (c) conduct.

67. ministren v.

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(a) To be of service, render service or aid; serve or help (sb.); (b) to serve at the table; serve or supply (food or drink); also fig.; ministren to, serve (sb., someone's table, etc.).

68. mirre n.

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(a) Med. Myrrh, the gum resin from the tree Commiphora abyssinica and related species; also, a concoction containing myrrh; collirie of mirre, confeccioun of mirre, poudre of mirre; (b) in literary…

69. mī̆tigātī̆f adj. & n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Soothing, lenitive; (b) as noun: a soothing preparation, palliative.

70. mordicāciǒun n.

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Med. & surg. (a) Stinging, irritation, distress; (b) corrosiveness, causticity.

71. mordicātī̆ve adj.

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Med. (a) Irritating, smarting, stinging; (b) corrosive, caustic.

72. Nicholas n.

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(a) Personal name; -- often replacing Nicol in later ME; also, name of a ship; (b) seint Nicholas, St. Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Asia Minor; seint Nicholas chirche, chirche of seint Nicholas, a…

73. nōdō̆sitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Med. A lumpy or knotty swelling or protuberance in the flesh; (b) the density of branch junctures in a tree, and consequent prevalence of knots in its wood.

74. operāciǒun n.

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(a) Work, deed(s, action(s; a military operation; also fig.; don operacioun(es, to perform (one's) deed(s, conduct (oneself), behave; (b) spiritual labor(s; (c) a scientific, alchemical, or magical…

75. opīlāciǒun n.

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Med. and surg. Obstruction or blockage in a wound, the gall bladder, etc.; an obstruction or obstructed condition of a nerve, etc.; opilacioun superficiale, an external obstruction.

76. oppō̆siciǒun n.

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(a) A location or placement opposite something; (b) a contradiction, contrary opinion or purpose; a reply to a deposition; (c) a formal oral examination; (d) an antidote or remedy; (e) astron. & astro

77. parbrāken v.(1)

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(a) To break into or through (a fortification); (b) to dash oneself to pieces; (c) med. and surg. to fracture (limbs or other parts of the body); break open (a wound).

78. passī̆f adj.

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(a) Of matter or a quality of matter: capable of being acted upon, passive as opposed to active; (b) of one's relation to an attitude or judgment: receptive, passive; passif cursing, the suffering of…

79. percussiǒun n.

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Med. (a) A striking, blow; (b) an internal injury, a contusion; (c) fig. an attack.

80. pleuresī n.

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Med. Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the lungs and lining the thoracic cavity, pleurisy; pleuresi flux, ?pleurisy with effusion of fluid.